japanese files

[kkominiarek]

i have .dwg files from a customer.....i can translate the files and read dimensions....but the notes and title block are in japanese

 

does mastercam or solidworks have a japanese translator for dwg files?

 

if so....free or how much $$'s ?

 

i am trying to solve on my end first before i

ask the customer to tweak his settings.

 

i have solidworks 2004....mcam see below

[mayday]

Try using bablefish web site. it works, the site is in the FAQ's

[Brent Wilkerson]

We run into this all the time. We are in a joint venture with a Japanese company, while our main machine design builder is in Germany. Atleast German uses letters and not symbols, excluding ß ü ö etc.

 

You'll get no luck at Babelfish....unless you can type in Japanese. You can translate webpages in Japanese though.

 

This is the company we are in a JV with http://www.tpr.co.jp/

 

We have a translator on site here, one manager who speaks English and Japanese and one engineer who I thinks understands English but will not speak it.

[mayday]

Good point Brent

 

mayday teh

[Brent Wilkerson]

Been there tried that

 

Atleast numbers are numbers in Jap.

[chris m]

We are also in a similar situation; we are a wholly owned subsidiary of a Japanese conglomerate and therefore I get a lot of stuff that is in Japanese. We used to have a translator full-time but she got downsized so now the boss man translates stuff for me or we tell Japan 'write it in English'.

 

I'd grab the Yellow pages. One problem, though, is that many translators screw up technical terms ['Datum' , 'Tolerance' , 'Surface Finish'] so you'll probably need to be there when the translation is being done.

 

Sorry

 

Always a good prank to pull on the guys in the shop, though; give them a Japanese drawing and say 'we need 2 of those by tonight or we're screwed' then see how long it takes for the guy to come back and say 'I don't think this is in English.'

 

C

 

[ 02-09-2004, 12:34 PM: Message edited by: chris m ]

[Brendan P]

quote:

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'I don't think this is in English.'

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Hey.....

At least your guys would even notice it!

[kkominiarek]

at first i thought you(s) were pulling my leg.....but now i think you are serious

 

 

i'm looking for a file converter (translator) that would take japanese dwg files and convert them to english....ala.....file/converters/autodesk/read

[CAM Disciple]

since you already has the dwg file, why don't you select(highlight) the text, copy it to the clipboard, paste it in the Babelfish translator, and translate it??

 

anyway, you can select some of the text and paste it here. I might be able to help you.